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•will be established. A committee of seven members were appointed 

 at the meeting on the 4th of March last to receive plans and sugges- 

 tions from the Trustees of the Peabody fund, and to report at some 

 fatui'e meeting, to be called for the purpose, what action it will be 

 expedient for the Institute to adopt in relation thereto. 



Seventy-seven Resident and sixteen Corresponding Members have 

 been elected during the year. Notice of the death of five of the former 

 and four of the latter have been received. The pi*esent number of 

 members is 764, consisting of 581 Resident, and 183 Corresponding. 



Biographical notices of the following deceased associates will be 

 prepared for the Historical Collections. Jesse Smith died at Salem, 

 July 4, 1866, aged 76 years and 6 months ; Thomas Augustus Sweet- 

 SER died at South Danvers, Oct. 24, 1866, aged 45 years and 9 months; 

 Samuel M. Worcester died at Salem, Aug. 16, 1866, aged 65 years ; 

 Robert Brookhouse died at Salem, June 10, 1866, aged 86 years and 

 6 months ; Nathaniel Hooper died at Salem, January 13, 1867, aged 

 71 years ; Reuben D. Mussey died at Boston, June 21, 1866, at the age 

 of 86 years ; Augustus A. Gould died at Boston, Sept. 15, 1866, aged 

 61 years ; Samuel Swett died at Boston, Oct. 28, 1866, at the age of 

 84 yeai's ; Francis N. Clark died at Key West, Florida, August, 1866. 

 aged 45 years and 6 months. 



Meetings. ^Five Field Meetings have been held, during the past 

 season, at Haverhill, Asbury Grove in Hamilton, Manchester, Salis- 

 bury Beach, and Gloucester. They were very successful and largely 

 attended, and at every place received the kind attentions of the citi- 

 zens, who extended a cordial welcome. Our thanks are due to the 

 friends in the several places visited ; also to the Directors, Superin- 

 tendents, and officers of the Eastern, and Boston and Maine Railroads 

 for courtesies extended on all occasions. The quarterly and semi- 

 monthly meetings have been held as usual. The Social Gatheriug at 

 Hamilton Hall, on Monday evening, Dec. 3, 1866, passed off very pleas- 

 antly, and received the approval of the large company in attendance. 

 The subject of discussion was "The Teeth and Mouth-parts of Ani- 

 mals.". Professor Wyman, of Cambridge; Messrs. S. H. Scudder, of 

 Boston, E. S. Morse and A. Hyatt, of the Institute; and Rev. E. C. 

 BoLLES, of Portland, made interesting and appropriate remarks, which 

 were illustrated by preparations placed under thirty-four microscopes 

 arranged around the hall. The examination of these illustrations at 

 the close of the speaking formed a very pleasant feature of the meet- 

 ing. 



Lectures. — A course of Ave lectures by E. S. Morse, on Zoologj^, 

 was delivered in March and April in Lyceum Hall, under the auspices 

 of the Institute ; they were well received, and gave great satisfaction 

 to an appreciative audience. 



